Decision Time

AUTHOR(S)

Nguyen, Lan Anh

PUB. DATE

July 2007

SOURCE

Forbes Asia;7/23/2007, Vol. 3 Issue 13, p56

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article features the Chirathivat family, one of Thailand's richest family. Just recently, the family gathered in Bangkok at their flagship shopping mall, Central Chidlom, to celebrate Central Department Store's sixtieth anniversary. The tight-knit clan has nearly 200 members, with roughly 50 working for family-controlled companies and at least 40 holding shares. The total value of these stakes is a minimum of $2.8 billion.

The article describes the William H. Block shopping building located at the corner of Market and Illinois streets in Indianapolis, Indiana. It reveals that the building had a luncheonette, a Terrace Tea Room, the Men's Grill, and the James Whitcomb Riley Fountain Room. It also notes that the...

The article focuses on the Chan family listed in "BRW" magazine's 200 richest people in Australia with $240 million assets in property investment in Sydney, New South Wales. The Chan family has received the green light for redeveloping its Eastwood Shopping Centre in north-west Sydney. The four...

Reports on the problems faced by Perimeter Mall in Atlanta, Georgia regarding its space vacancy due to the closure of a J.C. Penney store. List of anchor stores at the mall affected by the closure of the store; Speculations on stores to fill the vacancy; Implications of the closure for...

Reports on the October 2002 announcement by Saks Fifth Avenue and Simon Property Group Inc. that the Saks Fifth Avenue department store chain will open at the Fashion Mall at Keystone at the Crossing in Indianapolis, Indiana. Saks' renovation of the space formerly occupied by Jacobson's;...

The article reports that the departure of the Circle Centre anchor store Nordstrom at The Fashion Mall in July 2011 has left a 210,000-square-foot space at Keystone in Indianapolis, Indiana after its declined market share and sales in more than half for 20 years.

Reports that tenants of the Ridgmar Mall, Fort Worth, Texas, were asked to relocate or close during the Christmas sales season for 1997. Addition of a new department store following the sale of the mall to New York-based Shopco Group; Plans for the department store.

The article reports on an increase in the number of shoppers who lined up before dawn at malls and department stores in Las Vegas, Nevada on Black Friday in 2009. According to the author, Black Friday traditionally opens the holiday shopping season with sales and discounts. Among these shoppers...